Appeal No. 2001-2286
Application 09/022,193
We note that independent claim 1 recites:
special registration process specifying means for
specifying that special sales information of special items
be subjected to a special registration process;
wherein the sales information storage means includes a
first portion for storing sales information associated with
each item, and a second portion for storing sales
information associated with each of a plurality of
purchasers, the second portion including a first sub-portion
for storing sales information associated with respective
ordinary purchasers and a second sub-portion for storing
sales information associated with respective special
purchasers,
wherein, when the special registration is specified by
the special registration process specifying means, the
control means causes execution of a special registration
mode in which the sales information registered by the
registration means is supplied to the second sub-portion for
storing sales information of respective special purchasers,
and
wherein the sales information stored in the first and
second sub-portions includes a total quantity and a total
price for at least one item.
We note that the Examiner has relied solely on Suzuki for
the above limitations. However, upon our review of Suzuki, we
find that the GOODS file section 31 of Suzuki stores only unit
prices for different goods. Suzuki does not store sales
information registered by the register means as required by
Appellant’s claim 1. In particular, the GOODS file section 31,
as discussed in column 3, lines 1 through 21, is simply a table
providing unit prices for different goods which can be sold at
different customer levels, where level 0 corresponds to regular
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